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Mistress

© Nicholas Vosper 2003

She tells me
she cannot grieve,
it isn't her place
to mourn.
Such privileges
are reserved
for family.

Marriage wrecker,
husband thief,
cannot find
a man of her own.
Levering open
the cracks
in wedding vows.

Fifteen years
of illicit meetings,
and pilfered moments
don't count
or add up to much.

She weeps
on my shoulder,
and my disapproval
Is washed away
by her tears.